Guggenheim Fellow and Professor of Modern Middle East at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Areas of interest: Mass Violence and Political History.

Joined August 2014
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It is my pleasure to announce the publication of my book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚: 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 by @stanfordpress. Available on Amazon!
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It gives me great pleasure to announce that the late Dr. Garabet Moumdjian's book "Armenians and Young Turks: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, 1895-1908" has been published as part of my series with @BloomsburyPub.
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Honored to attend the Guggenheim Fellowship reception organized by the @GuggFellows at the @harvardclubny. It was a privilege to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of this year's fellows. @UNLincoln @unlcas @UNLHistory .
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I’m pleased to share my latest article, “Beyond the Three Ms: Armenians, Mass Violence, and the Gaps in Modern Middle East Textbooks,” which has just appeared in JOTSA. Link: Link: shorturl.at/BqeJx
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111 years and the denial of the Armenian Genocide still continues!
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The names of the @GuggFellows Guggenheim Fellowship Winners in today's The New York Times @nytimes. Truly honored. Thanks to Marc Mamigonian for sending the image. @u_nebraska @UNLincoln @unlcas @UNLHistory
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Honored and thrilled to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Grateful for the support of family, friends, colleagues, and mentors across Lincoln, Jerusalem, Los Angeles & Beirut. shorturl.at/JqTj5 @UNLincoln @unlcas
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Excited to join a panel at @unlv on April 15, 2026, with Catherine Clark @USC. We’ll discuss the Armenian Genocide & the Holocaust—their origins, memory, denial, and lessons for human rights. @unlcas @UNLincoln
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Yesterday Ani Sargsyan successfully defended her Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) at @UNLincoln , with a breathtaking exhibition titled Sparks Under the Ashes (Կայծեր Մոխիրներու Տակ) under the supervision of Aaron Holz, Professor of Art. It was an honor to serve on her committee.
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Below you will find my interview in Armenian with @CivilNetTV 's Giorgi Mirzapekyan on the crisis at the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. Please share. @unlcas Էդիտա Գզոյանի դեպքը սպառնում է շարունակական լինել. Պետրոս-Տեր Մաթոսյան youtu.be/UQFVRTkmwms?si=N5Sn… via @YouTube
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Here is my latest article: “Sahag II Khabayan (1849–1939), Catholicos of Cilicia, as a Witness to Massacres and Genocide” in Lives in Fragments (Berghahn, 2026) edited by Yetkin, Maksudyan & Çelik. Link: lnkd.in/gyCJNrv6 @unlcas @UNLincoln @UNLHistory @BerghahnHistory
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Dear All, Here is a short interview with Kentron TV on @NikolPashinyan's firing of Dr. Edita Gzoyan, the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute. The move violates all the academic principles. @unlcas @UNLincoln @UNLHistory youtu.be/QSK_D6yIrl8?si=1ZR7… via @YouTube

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New book in my series with @ibtauris : Armenian Refugees in French Mandate Syria by Victoria Abrahamyan, published by I. B. Tauris (@BloomsburyBooks ). A powerful study of statelessness, nation-building & Armenian refugee agency in interwar Syria.
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Chicago friends! Join us Monday, Feb 23 as Michelle U. Campos and I discuss Yosef Eliyahu Chelouche and Between Jaffa and Tel Aviv, 1870–1930: A Memoir. Hosted by the Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies at @UofC Hope to see you there! @unlcas @UNLincoln @UNLHistory
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“This book [by @BedrossDM] is an important contribution to the literature on the scourge of genocide denialism,” writes Magnus Fiskesjö for the Journal of Peace Research. bit.ly/4cr3nvI
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